Date & Time:
May 25, 1943
Type of aircraft:
North American B-25 Mitchell
Operator:
Registration:
FL175
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Foulsham - Foulsham
MSN:
82-5171
YOM:
1941
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
4
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Foulsham at 0940LT on an operation to Abbeville. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in the target area. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L John Theodore Hanafy, pilot,
F/O Brynmor Granville Evans, navigator,
P/O Joseph Henry Atkinson, wireless operator,
Sgt Eric William Matthews, wireless operator.
Crew:
S/L John Theodore Hanafy, pilot,
F/O Brynmor Granville Evans, navigator,
P/O Joseph Henry Atkinson, wireless operator,
Sgt Eric William Matthews, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
